John Stone

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 178lb (185cm, 80kg)

Born: October 10, 1905 in Lynchburg, TN us

Died: November 30, 1955 in Shelbyville, TN

Buried: Lynchburg City Cemetery, Lynchburg, TN

School: Maryville College (Maryville, TN)

Debut: August 31, 1928 (Age 22-326d, 6,775th in major league history)
vs. SLB 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 17, 1938 (Age 32-250d)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: John Thomas Stone

Nicknames: Rocky

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.0

4494

1391

.310

738

RBI

710

OBP

.376

SLG

.467

OPS

.843

OPS+

116

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 77 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 24 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	45
WSH	32

Platoon
vs RHP	60
vs LHP	17

Home/Road
Away	48
Home	29

Outs
1	27
2	26
0	24

8 Opps
PHA	15
CHW	15
CLE	11
SLB	10
BOS	8
NYY	8
DET	6
WSH	4

47 Pitchers
Red Ruffing	4
Tommy Thomas	3
Firpo Marberry	3
George Blaeholder	3
Carl Fischer	3
Ed Durham	3
Rube Walberg	3
Sugar Cain	2
Gordon Rhodes	2
Johnny Allen	2
Vic Frazier	2
Tommy Bridges	2
Ivy Andrews	2
Jack Knott	2
Roy Mahaffey	2
Lefty Gomez	2
Oral Hildebrand	2
Bob Kline	2
Clint Brown	2
Ted Lyons	2
Eddie Smith	2
Sad Sam Jones	2
Russ Van Atta	1
Belve Bean	1
General Crowder	1
Lefty Grove	1
Dick Coffman	1
Willis Hudlin	1
Ray Phelps	1
Sam Gray	1
Jim Walkup	1
Bobby Burke	1
Pat Caraway	1
George Earnshaw	1
Chad Kimsey	1
Mel Harder	1
Ossie Orwoll	1
Johnny Broaca	1
Buck Ross	1
Grady Adkins	1
Roxie Lawson	1
Garland Braxton	1
Herman Fink	1
Johnny Welch	1
Johnny Rigney	1
Sarge Connally	1
Ed Wells	1

8 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	18
GriffithStad (WAS)	14
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	10
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	9
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	9
League Pk II (CLE)	7
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4

Where Hit
9	50
8	10
89	5
7	1

8 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	71
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	36
1--	15
-2-	10
12-	8
1-3	3
123	2
--3	2
-23	1

134 RBI
RISP	26
0 on	36
1 on	27
2 on	12
3 on	2
Any on	41

Inning
1	10
2	5
3	6
4	7
5	8
6	7
7	10
8	15
9	6
Extra	3

1-3	21
4-6	22
7-end	34

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	4
+2	10
+1	6
Tied	20
-1	5
-2	7
-3	5
-4..	12

Ahead	28
Tied	20
Behind	29

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	42
RF	22
CF	13

OrderPos
4th	30
3rd	23
5th	9
2nd	6
6th	6
1st	3

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	27
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1928-09-11	DET		CHW	Tommy Thomas	behind 4-6	b 8	2	12-	3	1	7	0.668	84%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; J. Neun Scores; J. Warner Scores
2	2	2	1	1928-09-21	DET		PHA	Ossie Orwoll	ahead 6-4	b 8	2	1-3	3	1	7	0.058	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF-RF); J. Tavener Scores; E. Vangilder Scores
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1929-09-11	DET	@	BOS	Red Ruffing	ahead 4-2	t 7	2	-2-	2	3	7	0.130	93%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Johnson Scores/unER; J. Stone Scores/unER
4	4	2	1	1929-09-29	DET		CHW	Grady Adkins	behind 6-7	b 9	1	---	1	5	7	0.463	59%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1930	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1930-05-20	DET		SLB	Dick Coffman	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	5	7	0.132	57%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	2	1	1930-07-06	DET	@	CHW	Garland Braxton	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	6	7
7	7	3	1	1930-08-02	DET		CHW	Tommy Thomas	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	1--	2	5	7	0.113	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Alexander Scores
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1931-04-16	DET	@	SLB	Chad Kimsey	tied 4-4	t 10	2	---	1	6	7	0.397	78%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
9	9	2	1	1931-04-19	DET	@	CLE	Clint Brown	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---	1	6	7	0.071	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	3	1	1931-04-20	DET	@	CLE	Willis Hudlin	behind 2-9	t 8	1	---	1	6	7	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	4	1	1931-04-21	DET	@	CLE	Clint Brown	behind 1-4	t 9	1	12-	3	6	7	0.342	43%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF); G. Walker Scores; M. McManus Scores
12	12	5	1	1931-04-26	DET	@	CHW	Vic Frazier	tied 4-4	t 7	0	---	1	6	7	0.186	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	6	1	1931-06-19	DET		BOS	Ed Durham	behind 4-6	b 7	0	1--	2	5	7	0.280	60%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Alexander Scores
14	14	7	1	1931-06-25	DET		WSH	Carl Fischer	behind 2-4	b 6	1	---	1	5	7	0.129	38%		Home Run
15	15	8	1	1931-07-14	DET	@	PHA	George Earnshaw	ahead 5-1	t 5	1	---	1	3	7	0.048	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	9	1	1931-07-24	DET	@	NYY	Lefty Gomez	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	1	3	7	0.084	28%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	10	1	1931-09-17	DET	@	WSH	Carl Fischer	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.154	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Gehringer Scores
1932	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1932-04-22	DET	@	CLE	Sarge Connally	tied 1-1	t 3	1	1--	2	3	7	0.168	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Johnson Scores/unER
19	19	2	1	1932-05-04	DET	@	CHW	Tommy Thomas	behind 5-7	t 7	2	-23	3	3	7	0.428	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Johnson Scores; B. Rogell Scores
20	20	3	1	1932-05-07	DET	@	NYY	Red Ruffing	tied 0-0	t 7	0	---	1	3	7	0.183	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	4	1	1932-05-20	DET	@	CHW	Vic Frazier	ahead 6-5	t 11	1	1--	2	3	7	0.131	96%		Home Run; B. Rogell Scores
22	22	5	1	1932-05-30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	Sam Gray	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	123	4	3	7	0.151	90%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run (CF-RF); E. Whitehill Scores; H. Davis Scores; B. Rogell Scores
23	23	6	1	1932-06-19	DET		WSH	Bobby Burke	ahead 7-4	b 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.043	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	7	1	1932-06-27	DET	@	CHW	Pat Caraway	ahead 7-1	t 7	0	1--	2	3	7	0.011	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Gehringer Scores
25	25	8	1	1932-07-10 (1)	DET	@	BOS	Ed Durham	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	---	1	3	8
26	26	9	1	1932-07-13	DET	@	BOS	Ivy Andrews	behind 1-4	t 3	2	-2-	2	3	8	0.151	35%		Home Run (Deep CF); H. Davis Scores
27	27	10	1	1932-07-15	DET	@	PHA	Rube Walberg	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	8	0.137	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Gehringer Scores
28	28	11	2	1932-07-15	DET	@	PHA	Rube Walberg	behind 2-3	t 3	1	1--	2	3	8	0.177	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Gehringer Scores/unER
29	29	12	1	1932-07-17	DET		PHA	Roy Mahaffey	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.092	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
30	30	13	1	1932-07-23 (2)	DET	@	SLB	Carl Fischer	tied 0-0	t 1	0	12-	3	3	8	0.157	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Davis Scores; C. Gehringer Scores
31	31	14	1	1932-08-04	DET		WSH	Firpo Marberry	behind 5-7	b 7	1	1--	2	3	8
32	32	15	1	1932-08-07	DET		BOS	Ed Durham	tied 1-1	b 7	0	-2-	2	3	8	0.177	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Gehringer Scores
33	33	16	1	1932-08-09 (1)	DET		BOS	Bob Kline	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	---	1	3	8	0.059	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	17	1	1932-08-16 (2)	DET	@	NYY	Johnny Allen	behind 1-5	t 6	1	1--	2	3	8	0.107	20%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Gehringer Scores
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1933-04-30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	Jack Knott	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.092	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	2	2	1933-04-30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	Jack Knott	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	9	0.083	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	3	1	1933-06-03	DET		CHW	Sad Sam Jones	behind 0-10	b 5	0	1--	2	4	9	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Gehringer Scores
38	38	4	1	1933-06-08	DET	@	CHW	Sad Sam Jones	behind 1-2	t 9	2	---	1	4	9	0.355	39%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	5	1	1933-06-14	DET		CLE	Belve Bean	ahead 10-0	b 7	2	12-	3	4	9	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. White Scores; C. Gehringer Scores
40	40	6	1	1933-06-24	DET		BOS	Bob Kline	ahead 13-3	b 7	1	12-	3	4	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Owen Scores; C. Gehringer Scores
41	41	7	1	1933-06-27	DET		NYY	Lefty Gomez	behind 5-9	b 9	2	12-	3	4	9	0.037	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Rowe Scores; C. Gehringer Scores
42	42	8	1	1933-07-04 (1)	DET	@	SLB	Ed Wells	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	1-3	3	4	9
43	43	9	1	1933-07-15	DET	@	PHA	Lefty Grove	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	4	9	0.131	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	10	1	1933-07-18	DET	@	PHA	Rube Walberg	tied 2-2	t 8	1	1--	2	4	9	0.338	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Owen Scores
45	45	11	1	1933-09-21	DET	@	PHA	Roy Mahaffey	ahead 9-2	t 6	1	---	1	5	9	0.009	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball)
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1934-05-25	WSH	@	SLB	George Blaeholder	ahead 4-1	t 4	0	---	1	5	9	0.064	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	2	1	1934-06-19 (1)	WSH		CLE	Oral Hildebrand	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.092	43%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	3	1	1934-06-23 (2)	WSH		DET	Firpo Marberry	behind 1-8	b 8	1	---	1	2	8	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	4	2	1934-06-23 (2)	WSH		DET	Firpo Marberry	behind 4-8	b 9	2	1--	2	2	8	0.011	2%		Home Run; O. Bluege Scores
50	50	5	1	1934-07-03	WSH	@	PHA	Sugar Cain	ahead 6-1	t 6	2	--3	2	2	9	0.035	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Myer Scores
51	51	6	1	1934-07-05	WSH	@	NYY	Johnny Broaca	behind 2-8	t 9	1	---	1	2	9	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	7	1	1934-09-02	WSH	@	NYY	Russ Van Atta	ahead 4-2	t 8	1	1-3	3	2	9	0.083	98%		Home Run; E. Whitehill Scores; O. Bluege Scores
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1935-05-18	WSH		DET	General Crowder	behind 2-6	b 8	2	-2-	2	4	9	0.069	10%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Manush Scores
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1936-04-20 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	Johnny Welch	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	---	1	1	7	0.069	78%		Home Run (Deep CF)
55	55	2	1	1936-05-21	WSH	@	CLE	Oral Hildebrand	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.088	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
56	56	3	1	1936-05-26	WSH		PHA	Gordon Rhodes	tied 1-1	b 5	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.221	77%		Inside-the-park Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); B. Lewis Scores
57	57	4	1	1936-06-12	WSH		CHW	Ted Lyons	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	4	7	0.122	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Travis Scores
58	58	5	1	1936-06-16	WSH	@	DET	Tommy Bridges	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.090	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	6	1	1936-06-17	WSH	@	DET	Roxie Lawson	tied 1-1	t 8	2	---	1	4	7	0.255	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	7	1	1936-06-25	WSH	@	SLB	Ivy Andrews	tied 1-1	t 4	0	-2-	2	4	7	0.135	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Kuhel Scores
61	61	8	1	1936-06-28 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	Ray Phelps	ahead 10-9	t 10	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.158	94%		Home Run; J. Kuhel Scores
62	62	9	1	1936-07-01 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	Herman Fink	ahead 7-2	t 4	2	1--	2	4	7	0.062	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Lewis Scores/unER; J. Stone Scores/unER
63	63	10	1	1936-07-19 (2)	WSH		CLE	George Blaeholder	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.095	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	11	1	1936-07-30	WSH	@	CLE	George Blaeholder	behind 2-4	t 3	0	12-	3	4	7	0.184	60%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Lewis Scores; J. Kuhel Scores
65	65	12	1	1936-08-04	WSH		PHA	Gordon Rhodes	behind 2-5	b 6	2	---	1	4	7
66	66	13	1	1936-08-19	WSH		NYY	Red Ruffing	behind 2-7	b 8	2	---	1	4	7	0.014	2%		Home Run (Deep CF)
67	67	14	1	1936-08-23 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	Buck Ross	ahead 4-2	t 5	0	--3	2	4	7	0.072	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Kuhel Scores
68	68	15	1	1936-08-29	WSH		CHW	Sugar Cain	behind 1-5	b 6	2	---	1	4	7	0.056	14%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1937-05-23	WSH		DET	Tommy Bridges	behind 1-6	b 5	1	---	1	4	9	0.044	12%		Home Run
70	70	2	1	1937-06-12	WSH	@	CHW	Johnny Rigney	tied 2-2	t 8	0	12-	3	4	9	0.253	92%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive); B. Lewis Scores; J. Kuhel Scores
71	71	3	1	1937-07-25 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	Jim Walkup	ahead 11-3	t 8	2	-2-	2	5	9
72	72	4	1	1937-08-19	WSH	@	NYY	Red Ruffing	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	9	0.165	64%		Home Run; C. Travis Scores
73	73	5	1	1937-09-25	WSH		PHA	Eddie Smith	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	---	1	4	7	0.096	74%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
74	74	6	1	1937-10-03 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	Eddie Smith	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	8	0.169	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Travis Scores
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1938-05-05	WSH		CLE	Mel Harder	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	123	4	5	7	0.163	95%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; M. Almada Scores; G. Case Scores; Z. Bonura Scores
76	76	2	1	1938-05-20	WSH	@	CLE	Johnny Allen	behind 2-5	t 8	1	---	1	4	9	0.056	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
77	77	3	1	1938-05-22	WSH	@	CHW	Ted Lyons	behind 1-7	t 8	0	---	1	4	9	0.012	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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